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The town is situated between Kit Hill and Bodmin Moor . It is the home of the Ginsters Pasty Factory. Ginsters employs hundreds of locals and many immigrants from other countries. From Kit Hill, you can have far reaching views of the river tamar, Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and Plymouth. Along with the towns mural trail they have proven to be popular with wandering tourists. Callington lies between four larger towns(Launceston, Liskeard, Tavistock and Saltash) and many inhabitants commute to Plymouth via the Tamar Bridge. In the 18th Century , Callington was one of the most important mining areas in the British Isles . Deposits of Silver were found nearby in Silver Valley. Today many old mining stacks dot the horizon, but there are no active Mine s apart from some Granite quarrying on Hingston Down. The town elected two members to the Unreformed House Of Commons , and was considered a Rotten Borough . Its representation was abolished by the Reform Act 1832 . The former agricultural market town lies at the intersection of the North-South Plymouth - Saltash - Launceston - Bude road and the East-West Tavistock - Liskeard road. The town was formerly served by a rail station at Kelly Bray. Callington station was the terminus for a branch line that ran to Bere Alston where it joined the Southern Railways Tavistock to Plymouth line. The railway line from Callington to Gunnislake was closed in the sixties. It is still possible to travel by rail from Gunnislake to Plymouth via Bere Alston. For most of its journey the line follows the River Tamar. |